Ian Samwell

Ian Ralph Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.^[1] He is best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut single "Move It",^[2] and his association with the rock band America, with whom he had his biggest commercial success with their hit single, "A Horse with No Name".^[2] He also worked with rock bands, such as Small Faces, The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell,^[3] John Mayall and Hummingbird.

Samwell wrote for many other British artists, including Joe Brown, Elkie Brooks, Kenny Lynch and Dusty Springfield.^[1] Several of his songs were recorded in Spanish by the Mexican group, Los Teen Tops and were released in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking territories of the world. He also worked as a record producer with Sounds Incorporated, Georgie Fame, John Mayall and the mod band The Small Faces,^[1] co-writing their 1965 hit single "Whatcha Gonna Do About It".^[3]